1940 West Texas State Buffaloes football team
American college football season
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The 1940 West Texas State Buffaloes football team represented West Texas State Teachers College—now known as West Texas A&M University—as a member of the Alamo Conference during the 1940 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Jack Curtice, the Buffaloes compiled an overall record of 7–2 with a mark of 2–0 in conference play, winning the Alamo Conference title. West Texas State played home games at Buffalo Stadium in Canyon, Texas.
ConferenceAlamo Conference
Record7–3 (2–0 Alamo)
Headcoach
- Jack Curtice (1st season)
HomestadiumBuffalo Stadium
| 1940 West Texas State Buffaloes football | |
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Alamo champion | |
| Conference | Alamo Conference |
| Record | 7–3 (2–0 Alamo) |
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| Home stadium | Buffalo Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Texas State $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&I | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Mary's (TX) | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 19 | 8:00 p.m. | McMurry* |
| W 20–0 | [1][2] | |
| September 27 | 8:00 p.m. | vs. Arizona State* |
| L 13–19 | 3,500 | [3][4] |
| October 5 | at Western State (CO)* | Gunnison, CO | W 48–14 | [5] | ||
| October 12 | 10:00 p.m. | at Fresno State* | L 6–15 | 9,625–11,000 | [6][7][8] | |
| October 19 | 2:30 p.m. | Arizona State–Flagstaff* |
| W 27–6 | 6,000 | [9][10] |
| October 25 | 8:00 p.m. | St. Benedict's* |
| W 40–14 | [11][12] | |
| November 2 | 2:30 p.m. | Hardin–Simmons* |
| L 7–28 | [13][14] | |
| November 16 | 2:30 p.m. | Oklahoma City* |
| W 25–0 | [15][16] | |
| November 23 | 2:30 p.m. | Texas A&I |
| W 26–6 | [17][18] | |
| November 29 | at St. Mary's (TX) | San Antonio, TX | W 28–0 | [19] | ||
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